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Dipti Kumari was a soaring national archer. Now she has a tea stall, broken bow in Jharkhand

Jharkhand kids learning archery don’t recognise Dipti Kumari, the award-winning archer waiting on some help from the Hemant Soren govt. ‘I just need one chance.’

Bharat Jodo Yatra has worked more for Rahul Gandhi. Congress’ walk has just begun

In such a buzz-creating yatra, not one new Congress leader was born. Pramod Mahajan, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Modi emerged from Advani's and Manohar Joshi’s yatras.

Galwan to Leh police report—Modi govt’s censoring information, China-style

Silent on China, tough on Pakistan—the Indian govt has two different ways to manage information.

‘Of , by & for Meghalaya’ — its allies going solo, ‘locally rooted’ UDP may emerge kingmaker

The regional UDP is the second-largest constituent of the alliance government in Meghalaya with 8 MLAs after NPP with 20.

Mangoes in Nagaland village and the farm revolution. Plums, kiwis, apples, but still no road

A bumper harvest of one of the village farmers yielded such kiwis that Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma placed an order after it reached him via a chain of officers.

Ban on GM mustard harms Indian farmers. Supreme Court must choose science over ideology

While admitting the application seeking release of GM mustard, the Supreme Court asked farmers' union Shetkari Sanghatana, 'Where were you all these years?'

Davos to Mumbai, Maharashtra CM Shinde is branding himself as Gadkari 2

You will see how my government will transform Mumbai and Maharashtra before we face voters in 2024, says Shinde.

How a theoretical physicist’s passionate approach to simple math got him the Padma Bhushan

First Indian to get Boltzmann Medal, Dhar equated his approach to statistical mechanics to art & said it is wrong to 'propagate idea that everyone should do only applied work'.

Next big thing in India’s influencer marketing universe—IIM classes, LinkedIn to ShareChat

Move aside models, marketing agencies like IPLIX and Vavo Digital, run by 20-somethings, are combing through endless Instagram Reels, YouTube videos and occasionally ‘lol’.

With Myanmar’s war at Northeast borders, India must side with Mizos against the junta

Like with ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka or Bengali Hindus in Bangaldesh, violence against Chins has unleashed anger in Mizoram. New Delhi's time for cogitation is running out.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.